Architectural Ethnography
By: [authors: Momoyo Kaijima, Laurent Stalder, Yū Iseki]
Contributors: International Architectural Exhibition (16th : 2018 : Venice, Italy)
Publisher: TOTO Publishing
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Tokyo, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9784887063716
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Architecture and society; Exhibitions; Architectural drawing; Modern Architecture; Architecture; Designs and plans; International Architectural practice; Philosophy; Kenchiku-Zushū; Ethnology
Description: Modernization in the 20th century has deeply transformed Japanese society, bringing economic wealth and social well-being, but also increasing divisions and specialisation in society. This transformation has been increasingly questioned in recent years, and finds expression in architectural projects. The catalogue for the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Momoyo Kaijima, one of the founders of Atelier Bow-Wow, this volume examines the role of architectural drawings in this reappraisal, as they form the basis on which a common approach in the design of individualised yet shared environments in today's globalised society can be formulated. It proposes architectural ethnography as a methodology of social engagement.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition Architectural Ethnography, presented in the Japan Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2018.

"A collaboration between the Chair of Architectural Behaviorology of Momoyo Kaijima and the Chair for the Theory of Architecture of Laurent Stalder at the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich." -- page [3].

Includes bibliographical references.